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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Kelly v. Choon Yee, 213 Cal. App. 3d 336 (1989)

Citation
Kelly v. Choon Yee, 213 Cal. App. 3d 336 (1989)
Parent Document
Kelly v. Choon Yee, 213 Cal. App. 3d 336 (1989)
Jurisdiction
California (state)
Effective Date
1989-08-22

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Respondents were forced to discontinue the boarding house operation upon losing liability insurance coverage on the building. When a tenant was injured in 1985 and made a claim against respondents, their insurance carrier learned for the first time that the building was used as a rooming house and declined to renew its insurance policy. Respondents were unable to find another carrier. Believing they had no choice but to convert the building to three units, Mr. Yee consulted an attorney, Hanna C. Leung, regarding the proper manner of evicting the present tenants. Leung erroneously advised him that the building was exempt from the provisions of the San Francisco rent control ordinance. Acting on this premise, respondents sent eviction notices to all tenants.